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joining us live to tell us about program is chris holden with the district. thanks for being with us. this started in the district about two years ago. how does this work and how is it expanded? >> good morning. we started that two years ago with smart bike with about ten locations and a hundred bikes. as of yesterday we did expand to the start of a hundred locations with a thousand bikes here in d. c. and in arlington county. >> how many people have signed up to take part in bike share? >> reporter: we just started yesterday and we've been open for about three weeks and we have about 1200 members so far. >> talk about the benefits of this. people who travel from overseas are familiar with this but why is it so important that we get something like this underway? >> well, you know, it's a great way for people to get around the city who don't own a bike or don't have a bicycle with them. you could do short trips to the store. when you're working you can go out to lunch or go to a meeting. it just gives people another option to get around town besides driving or
joining us live to tell us about program is chris holden with the district. thanks for being with us. this started in the district about two years ago. how does this work and how is it expanded? >> good morning. we started that two years ago with smart bike with about ten locations and a hundred bikes. as of yesterday we did expand to the start of a hundred locations with a thousand bikes here in d. c. and in arlington county. >> how many people have signed up to take part in bike...
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this morning her mother will join us to tell us what this is about. >>> and plus, housing market got you down? i bet it does. we have expert advice on where to find bargain basement prices on homes across the country. >>> plus, the hottest toys for the holiday season. we will tell you which they are and which you should be buying now before they sell out. all of that and more coming up this morning on the "early show." back to you in washington. >> thank you. we will be watching. >>> our time is 83. >>> researchers at george washington university are putting a price tag on being fat. they found the annual cost of being overweigh is an extra $4,879 for a woman and $2,646 for a man. factors like employee sick days and lost productivity were included in the study. some companies reason taking the stats likely. they are being proactive and offering money to employees who shed unneeded pounds but does dieting for dollars really work? chris casey has tried to lose weight before but nothing ever worked until -- >> they said they were going to do a contest, winner take all to lose weight. so
this morning her mother will join us to tell us what this is about. >>> and plus, housing market got you down? i bet it does. we have expert advice on where to find bargain basement prices on homes across the country. >>> plus, the hottest toys for the holiday season. we will tell you which they are and which you should be buying now before they sell out. all of that and more coming up this morning on the "early show." back to you in washington. >> thank you....
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kristen finner joins us -- fisher joins us with the latest on michelle rhee. here is angie with an update. >> after being closed all weekend, south capitol is open crossing the douglas bridge. >> outside on the weather terrace, a comfortable breeze this morning. nice days in the short term. long term more summer heat. forecast is just ahead. >>> a fast moving wildfire burned two homes and lead to a thousand veges in northern utah. it started after brush caught fire at camp williams, south of salt lake city. the blaze burned more than 300 acres. >>> thank you for starting your day with us. i'm andrea roane. meteorologist howard bernstein is on the weather terrace with the forecast. >> good morning. what a great morning out here. comfortable temperatures. today is the only fly in the ointment will be the breeze. it will be up there 10 to 15. that's about it. let's go to the maps. the front yesterday pushed showers across pennsylvania. we are so dry. we could use rain. we don't have much rain in the forecast at least the next couple of days. that front is pushing
kristen finner joins us -- fisher joins us with the latest on michelle rhee. here is angie with an update. >> after being closed all weekend, south capitol is open crossing the douglas bridge. >> outside on the weather terrace, a comfortable breeze this morning. nice days in the short term. long term more summer heat. forecast is just ahead. >>> a fast moving wildfire burned two homes and lead to a thousand veges in northern utah. it started after brush caught fire at camp...
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jobs that america could really use right now. for american jobs, tell your senators to pass a renewable electricity standard today. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> in the news now at 6:54, president obama is having trouble getting democrats on board with his tax cut plan. he wants to extend tax cuts for people earning less than $250,000 while allowing taxes for the wealthy to rise. the cuts are due to expire at the end of the year. >>> the latest round of middle east peace talks has ended in jerusalem. israeli program netanyahu and palestinian president abbas met with secretary of state hillary clinton on wednesday but failed to come to an agreement on the jewish settlement. the two leaders agreed to keep working toward the peace deal. a relief well could be completed sometime today at the site of the largest oil spill in the nation's history. the broken well that caused the spill in the gulf of mexico could finally be sealed for g
jobs that america could really use right now. for american jobs, tell your senators to pass a renewable electricity standard today. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> in the news now at 6:54, president obama is having trouble getting democrats on board with his tax cut plan. he wants to extend tax cuts for people earning less than $250,000 while allowing taxes for the wealthy to rise. the...
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that will likely take most of the rain knot of us but at least give us a chance of showers by thursday knight and friday. in the tropics, we have you'll ya behind me. tropical storm igor, pretty impressive looking hurricane there. and the forecast track from the hurricane center, thankfully starts to take this away. it is turning northwest ward soon away from the leeward islands but winds are down to 135. this could be coming close to bermuda by saturday evening and sunday morning. they will have to watch that as a weaker storm, still a hurricane nonetheless. the seven-day forecast, sunshine, breezy today. 83ment less wind tomorrow, 83. warmer on thursday, mid-80s but a threat on thursday night in to friday morning for showers with that front, 78 and nice looking weekend low to mid-80s. how's the traffic? >> so smooth all morning long. as we creep closer to the 7:00 hour, we have a boo boone othem -- beltway. move it outside. at college park this is what we are dealing with an accident taking away the left shoulder and causing this, a jamup, bumper-to-bumper condition here starting an
that will likely take most of the rain knot of us but at least give us a chance of showers by thursday knight and friday. in the tropics, we have you'll ya behind me. tropical storm igor, pretty impressive looking hurricane there. and the forecast track from the hurricane center, thankfully starts to take this away. it is turning northwest ward soon away from the leeward islands but winds are down to 135. this could be coming close to bermuda by saturday evening and sunday morning. they will...
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it is too late for us. once christopher's law is passed if and when it is passed it will help families in the future so they do not end up in this situation. >> reporter: we are talking about private loans here, not federal student loans them government forgives those if a student is disabled or dies. >>> it should be noted there are private loans with forgiveness policies. you nude need to shop around. another piece of advice if you are a cosigner have a power of attorney other your child's finances in case they become incapacitated. without it you won't have access to your child's bank account or be able to renegotiate loan payments. >>> howard? >> we are looking at a little shower action. nothing like last night and this afternoon not expecting widespread severity of the storms even though one or two will be possible. go back two to three hours and look at the radar. wyeth while it is fairly quiet for most of us, in western maryland a few showers are popping not far from hagerstown. go to live doppler 90
it is too late for us. once christopher's law is passed if and when it is passed it will help families in the future so they do not end up in this situation. >> reporter: we are talking about private loans here, not federal student loans them government forgives those if a student is disabled or dies. >>> it should be noted there are private loans with forgiveness policies. you nude need to shop around. another piece of advice if you are a cosigner have a power of attorney other...